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> We barely have language for talking about that

The paper "The Power of Interoperability: Why Objects Are Inevitable" uses the term "Service Abstraction" - "This terminology emphasizes, following Kay, that objects are not primarily about representing and manipulating data, but are more about providing services in support of higher-level goals" It goes on to give examples of how service abstractions arise in a lot of places including the linux kernel.




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